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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 28 
Peaches in Canada. 
W. W. Hilbobn, Leamington, Ont.— 
I have all the varieties you name, and 
many more, fruiting. I am somewhat 
disappointed in Crosby; on young healthy 
trees, it did not color quite as well as 
some varieties, and it is a little under¬ 
sized. I think it nearly as hardy as 
Hill’s Chili and quite productive. I 
would not plant it very extensively 
until I have tested it longer. I know of 
no peach ripening at the time of Smock 
that is as large as Late Crawford and as 
reliable as the former. 
Flavor of California Peaches. 
W. D. Barns, Obange Co., N. Y.— 
Before attempting to account for the 
loss of flavor of peaches in transit from 
California, it is well to ascertain whether 
their flavor, when ripened on the trees 
there, is equal to that of those grown on 
the Atlantic coast. With the number of 
sunshiny days during the growing sea¬ 
son, and the absolute control of water 
by irrigation, it would seem that the 
conditions were such as to insure fruit 
that is perfect in size, color and flavor. 
Now does success crown the efforts of 
the California peach grower ? Are Cali¬ 
fornia peaches, when ripened on the 
trees, of the exquisite flavor of those 
grown here ? These questions, it seems, 
might be readily and positively an¬ 
swered. On the contrary, there is a 
wide difference of opinion between 
those who have visited California, with 
whom 1 have conversed on the subject. 
Some are enthusiastic over the California 
fruit, and declare that they never found 
its equal here or elsewhere, while others 
are as positive that the best specimens 
grown there are far inferior in quality 
to our own peaches. A friend who is a 
lover of good fruit and a competent 
judge, recently spent considerable time 
in California. He said that he tried 
hard to get a good peach in the markets 
of San Francisco and other cities, but 
absolutely failed. In size and color, he 
had never seen the equal of the peaches 
there, but the delicious flavor was lack¬ 
ing in them all. 
Prof. Van Deman and J. H. Hale 
should be able to settle the question of 
quality. If they agree that California 
peaches are equal at home, to ours in 
quality, it will be of great importance 
to growers there to find some method by 
which they may retain their flavor till 
they reach our markets. 
Southern-Grown Peach Trees. 
The R. N.-Y. says that actual facts 
should decide whether peach trees from 
the South will prove hardy at the North. 
In 1887 and 1888, I procured peach trees 
from Georgia, 1,500 or more trees, set a 
small orchard and sold some. The know¬ 
ing ones said that I was making a big 
mistake, but the trees proved entirely 
hardy, and have given me excellent 
crops. In 1892, I sold the crop from 4% 
acres for $900. I have had a fair crop 
every year since they came into bearing; 
they are on good soil, with no manure. 
The varieties were mostly Early Michi¬ 
gan or Husted’s Early, Hill’s Chili, and 
Elberta. The Husted's Early originated 
near me, the Elberta in the South. 
In the same field, I have northern- 
grown trees and seedlings of my own 
set one year later. No difference is ap¬ 
parent in any of the trees as to hardi¬ 
ness or bearing. One man whom I let 
-have a few of the trees, lost some, 
All About Nebraska. 
An illustrated pamphlet has recently 
been published by the Chicago, Burling¬ 
ton & Quincy R. R., giving complete in¬ 
formation about the farm lands of 
Nebraska. Copies may be had without 
charge upon application to P. S. Eustis, 
General Pass. Agent, Chicago, Ill.— Adv. 
which winterkilled. On inquiry, I found 
that he manured heavily, and his trees 
made a rapid growth, and did not get 
hardened up for winter. The next 
spring, he took more trees, and, on my 
advice, planted them on good land, 
using no manure to stimulate growth. 
The result was a fine orchard and good 
crops. The failure with many with 
peach and other trees, is too high feed¬ 
ing when the trees are young. The 
thrifty farmer knows that he cannot 
raise a good cow by overfeeding the 
calf. Too rich and too much food will 
produce an unhealthy condition of the 
digestive organs, and make the animal 
of little value. Trees are subject to the 
same laws as animals. Plant trees in 
good soil, with no manure ; when they 
begin to bear, feed them as you would a 
cow giving milk. 
Crimson Clover and Strawberries. 
E. B. U., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—I have 
two different sowings of Crimson clover; 
the first was sown about August 1, 
among some sweet corn. It has made a 
fine showing — a perfect mat. Some 
plants were over one foot high—eight 
inches is about the average. The ground 
is rather poor. There are plenty of 
tubercles on the roots. The other sow¬ 
ing was made in late sweet corn, the 
early part of September. That has 
made a very good growth, also. It 
ranges in height from four to six inches; 
some of the plants have spread to cover 
a foot of ground. In each case, the corn 
was cultivated just before and after 
sowing, with a Z. Breed weeder. 
I send a photograph of a section of 
strawberry patch which does not do it 
justice. It was set last spring under the 
most unfavorable circumstances. At 
least half of the plants died from the 
effects of drought, and had to be reset. 
The plants were set two feet apart in 
rows four feet apart. The plants in the 
picture average almost 12 inches in 
height. I have a few rows of Michel’s 
Early that are as high as 16 inches in 
matted rows. I think that success in 
strawberry culture may be summed up 
as follows: Fertile soil and shallow 
cultivation, with lots of it. 
R. N.-Y.—Unfortunately, the photo¬ 
graphs were too dim for printing. 
Breeding for Sex.” 
W. D., East Jaffrey, N. H.—In this 
matter of breeding for sex, I have taken 
the ground that, probably, no one really 
knew anything about it. But the theory 
which appealed most to me, and which 
seemed fairly reasonable, was that, when 
the dam was bred at the beginning of 
the heat, the indication was that males 
were abundant and the result would be 
a female, while if she went to the latter 
part of the heat, males were lacking, 
and one would be supplied by her. In 
breeding mares, I have tried to carry 
out this plan as far as practicable, and 
from my own stallion have succeeded in 
getting about seven fillies to three colts. 
But when this theory was presented 
by The R. N.-Y., I went over my sheep 
record for the last 10 years, with great 
care, and was surprised to find how 
well the record bore out the theory 
that the sex of the offspring was deter¬ 
mined by the weaker parent. I started 
with nine ewes, two and three years 
old, which were in fine order and kept 
so well that they came into winter quar¬ 
ters in show condition. The ram, IS 
months old, seemed vigorous enough 
when I got him, but for some reason, 
failed gradually and died during the 
winter. The lamb crop consisted of 11 
rams, not one ewe. The next year, I 
used a four-year-old ram, in fine order, 
that had access to not more than 12 ewes, 
and nine ewes gave birth to eight ewes 
and four rams. The third year, 41 ewes 
produced 25 ewes and 22 rams. The 
ram was two years old and unusually 
vigorous. In looking over the names of 
the mothers, with the notes of the con¬ 
dition of each, having this theory in 
mind, I surprised myself in being able 
to give, in almost every instance, the 
sex of the lamb, before verifying it by 
the record. The same is true for the 
record of following years. 
Regarding the horse breeding, my 
mares have run in the pasture and done 
little or no work, but have at all times 
been in fine order, and have invariably 
made excellent mothers. The stallion 
is worked or driven nearly every day, 
and is ready for service immediately 
when called upon. 
On the other hand, is the sex deter¬ 
mined at the time of conception ? The 
embryo is pretty well developed before 
any indication of sex is noticeable. How 
do we know that the condition of the 
mother during gestation does not settle 
the question ? Though most of us may 
wish to raise more females than males, 
we should, I think, hardly care to do 
anything to impair the vitality of the 
mothers. We may, however, see to it 
that all our breeding sires are kept in 
the most vigorous condition possible. 
The conditions to be considered in this 
question are so many and varied, that it 
is improper to generalize from a small 
number of cases. I give my experience 
for what it is worth. 
Those Butter Prizes. 
Mrs. It. A. Bloomfield, Illinois. —In 
reading of the prize butter at the New 
York State Fair, in The R. N.-Y. of 
October 31, in the article by C. C. Wil¬ 
cox, my attention was arrested by the 
following : “ Tiie tub that was entered 
as creamery was packed first, then the 
jar that was entered as private dairy, 
and then the prints. How there could 
be so much difference in the score, I can¬ 
not tell, when it was all from one churn¬ 
ing.” How did he make creamery but¬ 
ter and dairy butter out of the same 
churning? I don’t know what the rules 
governing dairy exhibits are in New 
York, but in Illinois, the rule is, “ Dairy 
butter shall consist of butter made on 
the farm, not in a factory,” etc. “Cream¬ 
ery butter shall consist of butter made 
in a factory,” etc. 
Another thing that impressed me was 
the woman who made her butter in an 
old-fashioned dash churn, salted it three 
ounces of salt to the pound, and scored 
perfect in everything but flavor, while 
the package that scored 100 salted one 
ounce to the pound. If, as she says, 
she worked it until the brine was mostly 
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